What sort of grass is Bandon Trails? I was surprised to see a group playing the 7th in that photo Jeff Doerr posted (great photo by the way with those purples & greys) in that frost. I thought maybe they might have used fescue at Bandon but would that be hardy enough for frost play?
Scott took that one and made the modifications to it. It was just dew, although I've teed off a number of times at the resort when the ground was still frosty. I think the fescue can handle it. That's really a question for Tom Jefferson.
Jeff, and others;
The turfgrass on the greens, tees, and fairways at Bandon Trails, and throughout the resort, is a fescue/colonial bent blend. The ratios have evolved as we have added courses, with Bandon Dunes having the highest percentage of bent, and Bandon Trails the least. That trend will continue with the grassing of Old Macdonald, where we, in fact, have chosen to eliminate the bent component entirely.
Regarding it's tolerance to traffic when frost covered, no, we protect the turf, just as most do, by holding play until temps rise.
If that photo of #7 WAS frost, there is no way anyone would have been on it!!
Thanks,
Tom